“Why would anyone want to read about me?”

I launched my first online course, How to Write Your Life Story, last week.

Part of said launch involved emailing my newsletter subscribers with a ‘thank-you’ discount code for the course.  One emailed me back straight away.  “I really want to sign up,” they said, “but who wants to read about me?”

This is a common question.  Many people feel that their lives aren’t worth writing about, or that even if they were, nobody would bother reading the results.

Don’t you have to come equipped with a huge ego to believe otherwise?

But I can guarantee that there is at least one person in the world who wants to read about you.

That person could be a member of your family, a close friend, or even a colleague.  You may have a few interested future readers, too – people you will never get to meet in person.

Have you ever watched the TV show ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ and marvelled at how much easier investigating someone’s past might be, if only their ancestors had written their stories down?  How intriguing ancient life-snippets are, and how amazing it would be to understand who the people they belonged to really were?

Writing your story, in your own words and in your own style, can feel like you’re warmly narrating it directly to your readers – both present and future.

The reason “everybody has a story to tell” is a cliché is because, like most clichés, it’s true.

It’s also true that at least one other person would be interested in reading it.

I still remember chatting with a school-friend at break-time, about how I’d love to read an honest book about how my divorced parents originally got together – mostly because I couldn’t imagine how they ever did!

My Grandad was a fighter-pilot during World War Two, but he died before I was old enough (and let’s be honest, less self-obsessed enough) to ask him anything about his life.

His story died with him, and that’s a shame.

Create a personal legacy that’s just for you.

Writing your life ‘story so far’ means recording past events in a way that forces you to think about them properly… perhaps in ways you haven’t before.

You will also paint a detailed picture of the person you are right now.  In the years that follow, your story could serve as an in-depth reminder of how far you’ve come, or how your attitudes and perspectives have changed over time.

In essence, your story will describe who you once were, and that may make it easier to decide who you want to become.  This can be a cleansing and hugely enriching process for you, regardless of whether you decide to show the results to anyone else.

(When I turned 40, I opened a bottle of wine and read through each one of my diaries.  I’ve kept a diary ever since I was eight years old.  Along with helping me articulate my thoughts and feelings at significant moments in time, together they form a complete record of my life’s journey-so-far.

Not that anyone else will ever read it.  I plan to burn those diaries when I’m old… if I can’t save money to heat my house, I can at least save kindling.)

My two published books are about my own life.  I didn’t write them because I thought lots of people would want to read them – and that’s good, because they don’t!  Those books just felt like the ‘right’ ones for me to write, and I gained a lot of personal value from writing them.

But… what about the ‘huge ego’ thing?

Writing your life story doesn’t automatically mean you’re arrogant, or big-headed.

(I mean, you might be.  But if you’re bothering to question whether you are, then it’s highly likely you aren’t.)

You’re just describing, openly and honestly, those events that have shaped your time in the world.

And if someone else feels like reading your story one day, well… that’s just a bonus.

Available in video or written lessons, my course is designed to help you tell your life story, in short, simple steps… and in whatever amount of time it takes.

But if you’d rather sit back as I write it for you, I can do that too!   Get in touch to arrange a chat about how it all works.